• The Four Pennies were an English beat group most notable for their 1964 UK chart-topping song "Juliet". The band achieved four more top 40 hits in the...
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    Salvation Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to provide comfort and aid to its destitute clients. For four pennies, a homeless client could...
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    months, the group released their second LP, One Fine Day. The group also released two singles in 1963 as the Four Pennies (with Sylvia on lead) on the Laurie...
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  • "Juliet" is a pop song made famous by the band The Four Pennies. The track was recorded in 1964. The tune had been written by Mike Wilshaw and he and Lionel...
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  • Blackburn, Lancashire, England. In the early 1960s, he was the lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist of the group, the Four Pennies. They are best known for their...
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    they do not want these pennies. Then, customers who, for example, need one cent for a transaction can take one of the pennies to avoid needing one of...
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  • versions of the song in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1964, a version of the song by English Beat music group the Four Pennies reached the top-twenty in the United...
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    A penny is a coin (pl.: pennies) or a unit of currency (pl.: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation...
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    Morton, once the lead singer with the 1960s pop band The Four Pennies. They had a daughter, Emily, who is a graphic designer. Foster is the mother of television...
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  • Pennies from Heaven is a 1981 American musical romantic drama film directed by Herbert Ross, based on the 1978 BBC television drama of the same name. Dennis...
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    copper or copper-plated coin throughout its history. Due to inflation, pennies have lost virtually all their purchasing power and are often viewed as...
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  • The Four Pennies The Four Preps The Four Seasons The Four Tops The Fourmost Frank Ifield Frank Sinatra Frank Zappa Frankie Avalon Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers...
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  • Shelton, the Four Pennies, the Springfields, Dusty Springfield, and the Walker Brothers. The American pop label was launched in 1962 starting with the R&B...
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  • Dixieland band called "The Five Pennies" (a play on Nichols' name, since a nickel equals five pennies). As their popularity peaks, the Nichols' young daughter...
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  • bench. A penny sit-up was the cheapest homeless shelter at that time. There were more expensive shelters available in London, such as a "four penny coffin"...
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    The British penny (1⁄240 of a pound sterling), a large, pre-decimal coin which continued the series of pennies which began in about the year 700, was...
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    ounce letters. This was followed by the issuance of labels to prepay postage in May 1840: the Penny Black and Two Penny Blue stamps. From 5 December 1839...
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  • Claudette (song) (category The Everly Brothers songs)
    the Hickory label in 1962 John Denver on his 1985 album Dreamland Express Status Quo on their 2000 album Famous in the Last Century The Four Pennies on...
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  • Winifred Atwell, The Springfields, The Four Pennies, Julie Rogers, Peters and Lee, Dusty Springfield, Anne Shelton, and the Walker Brothers in the 1960s, as...
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    have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The Four Seasons are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold...
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  • Laurie Records (category Defunct record labels of the United States)
    (featuring Les Fradkin) The Chiffons (who also recorded as The Four Pennies on Rust Records) The Clique Church Street Five (Legrand Records) Gary U.S. Bonds...
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  • My Boy Lollipop (category The Selecter songs)
    breakthrough blockbuster hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 2, kept from reaching top spot by Juliet by the Four Pennies. The song also went to No. 1 in...
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    Ronny, wanting a horse, was saving pennies; their mother chose the middle name in an attempt to console Ronny. Penny's father was of Italian descent, his...
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    Kenny Lynch, the Small Faces, the Shirelles, James Brown & the Famous Flames, the Yardbirds, Them, Jim Reeves and the Four Pennies. During the 4 October...
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  • Big Jim Sullivan (category Musicians from the London Borough of Hillingdon)
    "Confessin'" 1964 The Bachelors – "Diane" 1964 Cilla Black – "Anyone Who Had a Heart" 1964 Peter & Gordon – "A World Without Love" 1964 The Four Pennies – "Juliet"...
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    1943 steel cent (redirect from Steel penny)
    Wheat Pennies". CoinValues.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016. There are also "reprocessed" steel Pennies, which are essentially 1943 steel Pennies that had...
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    on his Songs Of the Big City album and by The Chiffons, recording as The Four Pennies, on Rust Records.[citation needed] Throughout the 1960s and 1970s...
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  • example, the song-catalogue of Lead Belly provided the Animals with "The House of the Rising Sun", Manfred Mann with "John Hardy" and the Four Pennies with...
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  • "Juliet" (Lawson song), 2013 "Juliet" (The Four Pennies song), 1964 "Juliet" (Modern Talking song) "Juliet" (The Oak Ridge Boys song) "Juliet" (Robin Gibb...
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    best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Her novels have been published in 23 languages. Penny was born in Toronto...
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